Sacrum and Pelvis - Reproductive System, Bladder
The sacrum forms the foundation of the spine. It rests on the two halves of the pelvis called the ilium. The joints between the sacrum and ilium are called the sacroiliac joints. You can feel them underneath those little dimples on either side of your lower back.

The sacroiliac joints are very prone to injury from the time we begin to walk. Slips and falls can injure the ligaments of one of the joints and create a permanent weakness. If uncorrected this problem can last a lifetime.

Dr. Greenwood checks for pelvic imbalance in every patient. There are three categories of pelvic imbalance.

Category 1 - Healing Mode
Good sacroiliac joint alignment with no instability

Category 2 - Maintenance Mode
Sacroiliac joint misalignment with instability, but compensated for. When viewed standing there will be a lateral shift to the spine, usually away from the problem side, often accompanied by a slight lateral sway as the patient tries to shift the weight on and off of the weak side. These are also people who like to stand on one leg. They will also appear to have one leg short than the other when laying down.

"Maintenance Mode" means that this person is spending much of their physical energy maintaining their condition and much less for healing and other body functions. No matter what health problem a person presents with they must be moved from Category 2 to Category 1 to ensure their improvement.

Category 3 - Failure Mode
When the compensation mechanisms - muscular and neurological tension - that maintain the Category 2 become fatigued or break down then the Category 3 appears. This is a person who is barely able to walk. They may have severe sciatic pain with a torn or herniated disc. They often say "I was fine one minute and then I couldn't even stand up." A person going into Category 3 is also in grave health danger. The physiological energy that it took to maintain them has been depleted. The fact that their lower back has gone into failure is just the tip of the iceberg. Other systems in the body that have similarly been maintained in states of marginal health will often start to go into failure at this point. The person will often say "I just feel like I'm falling apart" and in some ways this is true.

The Category 3 patient must first get return to Category 2 before they can get to Category 1. If the Category 3 patient is a "high achiever" with "no time for this" then they must either be educated as to the gravity of their overall health situation or suffer the consequences. This is often a time when people go in for back surgery, which in a very few cases might be needed. Once the surgery is complete they may feel better and completely forget that they are still a Category 3. The underlying problems in their pelvis and their general health must still be addressed to avoid future, seemingly unrelated, problems.

Treating the Category 2 and 3 and maintaining a person in Category 1 each have their own specific treatment protocols. Dr. Greenwood uses what are called DeJarnette blocks along with vector point cranial corrections to treat these problems.

Nutritional Therapy
For pelvic problems we often use Ligaplex I, Ligaplex II and Chezyn, Collagen-C, Manganes-B12, Glucosamine Synergy and other Standard Process™ whole food supplements.

For and acute Category 2 or 3 syndrome regular icing of the affect joint is imperative. Then Dr. Greenwood must properly adjust the pelvis back into alignment.